The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-05-18
The Mississippi Tragedy.

Concerning the killing of Editor
Gambrell by Col. Hamilton, at Jack
son, Miss, on the Sth inst. the news
papers are talking quite freely. They
condemn it in unmeasured terms as a
premeditated, concocted assassination,
the expression of which is almost
borne out by the facts in the case
The following are newspaper com
ments thereon
The Ncac Nississippian, published
by the Martin Brothers, in the same
building where the Stcord and Shield,
Gambreps paper, is published, comes
out with two columns or editorials on
the tragedy. The following head lines
which are fair index to the entire ar
ticle, are at the top of the column ::
"The slaughter of R. d. Gambrell--
Col. Jones Hamilton with four access
series hunt down the brave young ed
itor of the S,oord and Shield, and sur
round and murder him in the night"
The whole affair is then treated of in
the strongest possible language, in
which the statements in the head lines
are attempted to be substantiated, and
winds up as follows:
at is not Improbable that soon an
other shot will ring out in the nj ght
and another coroner's jury go into
their solemn work but if the men
who have recently done their awful
deed think that they can place their
bloody hand over those papers which
have determined to speak out and
muzzle and terrify them into the 81
lence of ignominy, they have erred.
The Sword and Shield will go on with
its warfare for truth, and over the
grave of that dead hero that paper will
60 out with arrangements Of the guilty
as terrible as before. There are three
editors on this paper and each one is
willing to lay down his life if it must
be, rather than to falter in a journa-
lists duty and be prevented from pub
licly advocating the principles he hon
estly cherishes and then some one,
holder and Drawer than we, will take
hold of the paper We have left and
carry the struggle on and on with all
the bitter and awful determination OF
incible tight warning against wrong
UNDER the caption "Clear the
Track Down in Front p Mr.. Dew
L. Tally, of Shreveport, publishes the
following banter in last weeks issue
of the Journal, published in that city
Il am eager to dispose of my cen.
trally located residence-of enchant.
ing architectural renaissance, and a
site unanimously endorsed by all real
estate owners as an earthly paragon
of beauty-on the following enticing
terms: One fourth of the purchase
price when either Gov. Samuel d.
McEnery, or John 9. Moncure shall
receive the nomination of the next GU.
hernatorial nominating convention,
and the balance when one or the other
of the above peerless, unblemished
statesmen and patriots shall be inau.
gurated Chief Magistrate Of the Peli
can State.
Furthermore, II" should "person.
ally have high regard for" any real
estate owner, "and would rejoice at an
opportunity to do him a SERVICE" pro.
vided that he let me relieve him of
any vacant lots or improved property
either in the suburbs or business por.
tons of this city-payable when ex-
Gov. Francis L. Nichols or any so.
called reformed democrat (?) shall be
chasen-at the next election-to rule
and have dominion over the denizens
of free, Independent Jacksonian dem
ocratic Louisiana.
Here, is good Chicken pie,' will
you have some of it, Mr.. immaculate,
undefiled, "reform-d emocratw or are
you surfeited on rich, palatable, fed,
eral papg
The Morehouse Sentinel does not
hold to tho opinion that if McEnery
and Nichols remain in the field and O
factional fight is carried on that the
party will be disrupted. 1t contends
that the fight is betMeen these two
gentlemen, and must be settled be.
tween them. 1t says:
We think it would be a serious
blow to the material interest and pros
perity of our State to elect Nichols,
and we propose to advocate the cleo
ton of McEnery because, in our hum.
BILE opinion, he is the best Governor